Academic Qualifications

Biography

Iason-Zacharias Apostolakis was born in January 1989 in Athens, Greece. He received his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 and majored in Computer Science. His undergraduate thesis focused on the study of the elastic properties of the common carotid artery in order to aid in its characterization, and led to the implementation of an algorithm for non-invasive vascular elastography.

In fall 2012, he enrolled in Columbia University's M.S./Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include the use of ultrasound imaging and computer vision techniques in order to assess the elasticity of diseased large arteries and the risk they pose. He is working on the pulse wave imaging project.